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Military service
Service number:
J/26853
Age:
20
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
148 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
December 3, 1923
Huron County, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 20, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 5, 1944
Morzychna, Poland
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 1. D. 1.
Additional information
Son of Henry Milton Brown and the late Edith Lovinia (née Klemmer)Brown, of Crediton, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 20 January 1947.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
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Photo of Harold Leonard Brown
Photo of Flying Officer Brown in 1943 at the Family farm in Crediton, Ontario. -
Group photo
Back Row from Left to Right:<BR> Kenneth Ashmore (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), Arthur Liddell, Charles Wylie, George Chapman<BR> Front Row from Left to Right:<BR> Harold Brown, Arnold Blynn, Jack Hobbs (Survived the War) -
Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online searchable archive. 1944 Sept. 9, p 5 CASUALTIES: RCAF -
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Crew of Halifax JP176 on Special Operations. -
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Halifax JP176 found in Poland. -
Military Cemetery in Kracow, Poland
Military cemetery in Kracow, Poland (CWGC). -
Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Cenotaph
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of HAROLD LEONARD BROWN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HAROLD LEONARD BROWN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HAROLD LEONARD BROWN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HAROLD LEONARD BROWN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Page 3 of 3. Article regarding discovery of the plane wreckage and burying the remains of five Canadians: Pilot Officer George Alfred Chapman, Flight Lieutenant Arnold Raymond Blynn, Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown, Flight Sergeant Arthur George William Liddell, Flight Sergeant Charles Burton Wylie, and two British crewmen. From: Toronto Star, Oct. 5, 2007. -
Newspaper clipping
Page 1 of 3. Article regarding discovery of the plane wreckage and burying the remains of five Canadians: Pilot Officer George Alfred Chapman, Flight Lieutenant Arnold Raymond Blynn, Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown, Flight Sergeant Arthur George William Liddell, Flight Sergeant Charles Burton Wylie, and two British crewmen. From: Toronto Star, Oct. 5, 2007. -
Newspaper clipping
Page 2 of 3. Article regarding discovery of the plane wreckage and burying the remains of five Canadians: Pilot Officer George Alfred Chapman, Flight Lieutenant Arnold Raymond Blynn, Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown, Flight Sergeant Arthur George William Liddell, Flight Sergeant Charles Burton Wylie, and two British crewmen. From: Toronto Star, Oct. 5, 2007. -
Memorial
Polish Home Army - Canadian Airmen Memorial, Confederation Park, Ottawa.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 260 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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KRACOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY Poland
Krakow is a large city in the south of Poland about 257 kilometres south-west of Warsaw on the main road 4. Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, a large Military Cemetery which contains Polish, Russian and German graves as well as Commonwealth graves, is located east of the city. Follow the road 4 into the city and continue to the T junction at the end of the road 4. At this junction turn left along the road 7 (Al J Slowackiego) and follow this road round the town, then round a left hand bend and under the railway bridge where the road name changes to Al 29 Listopada. Take the first turning on the right after the bridge, called Prandoty, and the cemetery will be found along here on the left. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot is located through the entrance and to the left of the cemetery in the north-eastern corner of the burial ground.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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